September 21, 2009

Each soul is a Master though some don't remember that they are... and every circumstance may be viewed as an opportunity to remember that you are a Master and evolve to greater Mastery!

When you decide to move to Mastery the 'pay off' you get is a feeling of security in the physical world! All Physical Comforts can be yours yet ironically once you experience these higher states the last thing you'll find yourself worrying about is physical comfort because the way is open for them to flow to you, sometimes in an instant, if and when desired!

Masters Accept Responsibility for situations because they know and understand that at some level we have collectively created the situation at hand by some mutual agreement at some level of consciousness! They know that in a larger sense there are no victims, villains and sacrifices! There are just agreements! Nothing can take place without these agreements in The Field of All Possibilities! They then empower themselves to Change it as a Statement of Who They Are!

In the largest sense, all the things we Judge as 'bad' are of our own creation! In calling them 'bad' we call ourselves 'bad' since we created them. This label we cannot accept, so rather than label ourselves 'bad', we Disown our own creations. It is this Intellectual and Spiritual Dishonesty that differentiates the ordinary from a Master!

Masters choose only ACCEPTANCE and demonstrate it in every moment and in every circumstance.

Masters don’t cling to the Past and are therefore totally available to the Present. The Past is like logs of wood on the river of time.. you don't have to float on top of them.. you have to jump into the river and swim freely! Masters know that nothing stops growth more than dwelling on failures and resting on your laurels! Both make you stick to the Past.. Masters keep moving on...

A Masters actions allow every soul a freedom of choice and render everyone around them Independent. Their words have the clarity of truth, their thoughts give joy, and their presence is peacefully magnetic!

A Master renounces Results but never ever renounces Passion. The Master knows intuitively that Passion is the path to Self Realisation!

What we would call “Suffering”, a Master terms as “a set of Insufferable circumstances”. In doing so they neither speak nor complain about these circumstances.. they choose to simply not say a word about it because they know the power of the Word. We make real that to which we pay attention and Masters choose to make ‘Non-suffering’ real!

A Masters first relationship is with them. They first honor, cherish and love themselves. They first see themselves as worthy, blessed and holy .. Not ‘holier than thou’ but as holy as God! It is only then that they see God in everyone! Masters have said, “What I am, you are. What I can do, you can do. These things and more, shall you also do.”

A Master is one who has lived through enough worldly experiences to know that the purpose of life is always growth and evolution. After Soul Realisation they move to God Realisation.

True Masters make a Life, not a living! True Masters are those who make the most Masters NOT the most disciples!

Some of our responses to life situations have been learnt through the experiences or manipulations of others rather than through your own experiences because, thinking is hard, making value judgments is difficult and following others eliminates the need to think!

Some of the thoughts ingrained in our sub-conscious mind are “Money is bad”, “Sex is shameful”, “I am born in sin”, “God is vengeful”, “There is not enough of love, compassion, food, water, time and money”!

These thoughts lead to words spoken and actions done which can be termed as ‘Reactive’ rather than words and actions coming from thoughts thought out consciously by you through your own experience and resultant understanding. The words and actions that originate from your own understanding can be termed as ‘Creative’.

All creation begins with thought (“Proceeds from the Father”)All creation then moves to the word (“Ask and you shall receive, speak and it shall be done unto you”)All creation is fulfilled in deed (“And the word was made flesh, and dwelt among us”)

‘Seeing is Believing’ turned around to ‘Believing is Seeing’ is also true! What you believe in you see turning up in your life! So, if undesired things are turning up you need to change your beliefs a little. You don’t have to demolish your house of beliefs you need only ‘renovate’ it. If any brick is broken and doesn’t support the structure replace it with a new one!

States of Being, Thoughts, Words and Deeds create outcomes in your life.

If you be, think, say and do negative even if it is done unconsciously as a learned response.. as ‘Reactive Behavior’ then your life will go into a negative spiral.. a vicious circle of undesired outcomes and Continual Hell!

If you be, think, say and do positive then this could be termed as ‘Creative Behavior’ or ‘Conscious Creation’ since you are fully conscious of what you are up to and why. This will lead your life into a spiral of desired outcomes and Constant Joy!

Some common negative spirals in our lives are concerning Money, Success and Wellness. To get out of these we need a break-through!

Ways to Reverse these Negative Spirals

We are 3 part Beings with a Body, Mind and Spirit.. each equally important to our existence in the Physical World. Therefore to do anything with our lives we have to address all our 3 parts.

1. BODY LEVEL - ACTIONOne way to reverse a negative spiral is to “Act before you think”.. Not “Think before you act”! The Action has to be opposite to your present negative condition.Money: If you don’t attract money then start giving little bits of it in charity without any calculations of the mind. (Tithe)Success: If you are not successful then give your passions first priority.. Give what gives you joy all that you have. If you are straddled with a job you hate, love it for the time being for all that it facilitates in your life. In a nutshell, put passion into your action!Wellness: If you are unwell, first trust some therapy or remedy and do something about it. Then Exercise, Eat the Right Food and Get Optimum Sleep. Don’t Mistreat your Body in anyway.

2. MIND LEVEL – THOUGHTS and WORDSThe second way to reverse a negative spiral is to Think and Say positive statements often.Money: If you don’t attract money say, “Its great to have money” or “I have enough money”Success: If you are not successful say, “I have success” or “My success is coming to me now” or “All things lead to my success”Wellness: If you are unwell say, “I am well”.The most affirmative of all thoughts is one of Thanksgiving from an awareness, faith and clarity that your thought has been heard by God. So, you Thank God in Advance without any doubts by saying, “Thank you, God, for fulfilling my desire”.

3. SPIRIT LEVEL - BEINGThe third way to reverse negative spirals is to BE what you Desire to Be! The Spirit is not concerned about “What are you going to DO” but “Where are you going to BE”.. after all you are a Human BEING!All negative spirals whether they are concerning Money, Success, Wellness or others, vanish with Positive States of Being!Decide to BE – Cheerful, Confident, Friendly, Forgiving, Grateful, Accepting, LovingRather than Being – Grumpy, Worried, Closed, Resentful, Fearful, Inconsiderate, HatefulBeing-ness attracts Being-ness- So Being Happy no matter what, will attract Happy outcomes and experiences!!! The true order of things for highly conscious people is that they do not do something in order to be happy - they are happy and, hence, do some happy thing!

Evolution is the only game in town. Mastering mastery is all we're here to do. And what is mastery? It is finding the perfect balance between the Spiritual and the Material so that the ripple of life and the joy of experience may continuously flow across the infinite ocean of Creation. We have been given free will to make the required choices to approach this Balance in life. What happens if you become too Spiritual? You become drunk with Bliss, content with the warmth of divine love and you fail to pursue your passions. Your spirit may even leave your body prematurely without the pull of any material desire. And, what happens if you become too Material? You see only your Self and become selfish and greedy. You become so big, like a huge wave that collapses with its own weight, because it is not supported by the thought of Oneness! So, choose to become more balanced each day by becoming more aware of the Oneness of all Creation, more compassionate and more passionate simultaneously.

Here are some steps you can take to approach Balance...

1. Accept Who and What You Are Right Now and Demonstrate it- because Enlightenment is understanding that there is no where to go, nothing to do, and nobody you have to be except exactly who you’re being right Now and Here! ('no where' to go is 'now here')

2. When you are Not Happy with Who You Are then dedicate your whole body, mind and soul to the Process of Knowing your Passions by Being Still, Meditating and Reflecting. Then Decide, Desire, Declare, Create and Experience Who You Wish to Be in the next Grandest version of your Self! You can do this as often as you wish.

3. By going Within you will not be Without and it is in going IN that you get INsights and INspirations!!! Follow them.

4. This Game is Not a Competition to Win! So, Be Playful and don't look for only profits out of it. Don’t see only the future in it.. see your Passions in the Present and act with Compassion!

5. Remember, all roads lead to Heaven because there is No Hell. If you try to leave where you are in order to reach heaven you will surely go through ‘hell’!

6. You don't necessarily have to believe in God to be passionate and compassionate. You just have to be aware of your human-ness!

This is the Game of Evolution.. of waking up to, Who You Are and all that you can do! Every time you evolve you become more conscious of the human miracle that you are, and you walk in greater awareness, maybe alone, without approval and sometimes without even being noticed.. but with a ‘Pay Cheque’ of Spiritual Bliss and Material Happiness. This is an experience of feeling loved by Spirit and being totally joyful. All material things too are taken care of and synchronized for your convenience, to assist you in pursuing your passions and opening up to compassion.

1. Wholeness: All colors mixed together make up White Light, which is a symbol of Wholeness! For White Light to know and experience itself, darkness and all the colors inside white are required. Similarly, for Wholeness to know Itself all shades and colors of life are required. Dark shades highlight the light shades and are not BAD.

2. The Process: Life is a PROCESS of experiencing all the shades and colors in it one by one. When all have been experienced you fully know what White Light is .. You become what you already are--- Wholeness! So, life is not a battle to be won nor is it a pot of gold to acquire! Don’t Struggle nor EXPECT to- Win and Get Particular Results or Returns on Investment! It is in NOT STRUGGLING that the process proceeds freely!!!

3. The Creators: The Paint Brush of life is Thought, Word and Deed. They bring forth all the shades and colors into your life.. They create the outcomes of your life. Pay Attention to what you think, say and do so that you don’t unknowingly create outcomes which you call “undesired”.

4. Judgement: DO NOT JUDGE the shade or color of Characters, Places and Events to be BAD or GOOD because all of them just lead up to the realization of Wholeness symbolized as White Light. It's best to OBSERVE a color as it is to know more accurately Who You Are with respect to it. Black is simply black! Always remember that all shades and colors have been painted by you at some level-- conscious, subconscious, super conscious either collectively or individually, so either accept them or accept responsibility to change them. Whatever color you color someone, they will reflect that color to you. So, if you paint someone black they will be and do black to you! Judging anything as Bad is the cause of suffering! Remove Judgment and suffering disappears!

5. Choosing: Instead of Judging, look at what shades and colors you are Unhappy and Happy with in your life Now and everyday. If you are not happy with some, Decide to Change them. Desire and Choose the shades and colors You are most Passionate about and declare your newness to the world without hesitation. Whenever these shades and colours start to cause unhappiness, change them again! DON’T REJECT the shades and colors you have moved on from or you will fail to realize yourself as Wholeness! Let them be a part of your painting.

6. Acceptance: DON’T REJECT people, places and events because this too will make you incomplete. ACCEPT all that you have rejected. Include them in your painting. Then you will re-member all that was dismembered and you will remember that you are Wholeness! This is Remembrance of Wholeness which some call as the Remembrance of God! This also Empowers you to Heal all that was rejected! You need not engage in interaction with all that is accepted. For instance, you can agree to disagree.

7. Moving On: Don’t keep coming back to the same shades and colors because then you are revolving whereas the purpose of life is to keep evolving. Addiction to a desire becomes a need which requires someone to fix it to get you out of it so that you can evolve.

8. Relationships: We realize Who We Are.. what color we are through our relationship with others.. with relationship to their shades and colors. So, don’t try to change the shades and colors of others as they are serving you to know yourself. Let Everyone Be As They Are and use your relationship with them to Decide, Know and Experience Who You Are! If they decide to change, you can at most guide them in their decision.Become an artist of life and make your painting beautiful and color-full!!!

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About Me

After completing my post-graduate studies at the Indian Institute of Technology, I have been in the search for the true meaning of life and existence for more than 20 years. During this time I have attended and organised many life transforming programs and meditation workshops and have come to one major conclusion, that life on earth is about finding a near perfect balance between the Spiritual and the Material; between Love and Self-Love; Compassion and Passion; Giving and Receiving. Some yogic techniques; a relaxed, wise and intelligent mind; and a soft but strong heart, help you in approaching this balance.